Business and Finance

This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.

A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.

ECS to develop automated agents for the stock market

Professor Nick Jennings, ECS Professor of Computer Science, led a team which won the Trading-Agent Competition (TAC) – CAT Tournament…

Future interest rate levels can be better predicted

In his dissertation “Modeling and Forecasting Stock Return Volatility and the Term Structure of Interest Rates” Michiel de Pooter investigates the…

U of M researcher finds fairness leads to better profits for manufacturers and retailers

In the paper “Fairness and Channel Coordination,” published in Management Science, Tony Haitao Cui, assistant professor of marketing, finds that in a marketing…

What are the fiscal implications of minimum wage?

What are the fiscal implications of introducing or increasing the minimum wage? How can we explain the very high spike at the minimum wage level appearing in…

Market forces in utilities industries benefit company and not society

Recent discussions with regard to top salaries in the energy sector and the privatisation of Schiphol Airport indicate that politicians, as well as average…

Danish expert investigates cost overruns in Dutch mega projects

In his inaugural speech on Wednesday September 26th, he explains why the costs of large-scale projects, such as High Speed Rail projects, new motorways, and…

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